After a string of five wins, Evergreen Park's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of the Tinley Park Titans by a score of 2-0. Evergreen Park was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the four games prior) but Tinley Park's pitcher proved too tough.
Grady Elwood was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On Tinley Park's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nolan Maciejewski, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Evergreen Park's loss dropped their record down to 20-7. As for Tinley Park, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 18-9 record this season.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Evergreen Park will take on Crete-Monee at 10:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Tinley Park, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Andrew at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Tinley Park is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.7 runs per game this season.
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